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murder-suicide involving kansas city cheer player jovan belcher and his girlfriend. he said -- >> bret: others see hypocrisy in the gun control monologue. the site notes that costas lives much of his life with the benefit of armed security. men with guns. the author writes when they went on the rant against guns he showed himself to be a hypocrite of the highest orde order. he joined other numerous elitists who live by the standard of do as i say, not as i do. belcher's grieving teammates refuse to blame guns for tragic event. the new york daily news say a pair of players one schaefering thanksgiving dinner with belcher who insists the protection of guns is necessary and most people own them. they called it a mistake saying that my mistake is i left it for too much communication in the short segment. rather than properly discussing the football culture the gun culture and domestic violence. costas says he does not favor appeal of the second amendment. >> bret: it's been a month since the campaign ended but vice president asheel ghafoor js gaffes are continuing. he se
murder-suicide involving kansas city cheer player jovan belcher and his girlfriend. he said -- >> bret: others see hypocrisy in the gun control monologue. the site notes that costas lives much of his life with the benefit of armed security. men with guns. the author writes when they went on the rant against guns he showed himself to be a hypocrite of the highest orde order. he joined other numerous elitists who live by the standard of do as i say, not as i do. belcher's grieving teammates...
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. ♪ lou: the weekend murder suicide committed by kannas city linebacker left the nfl community and the country just grasping for answers as to what was going on in this amendment. a great tragedy. the sixth nfl player in the past two years to take is on life. six nfl players raising the questions about traumatic brain energy, the nfl, and what is going on. joining us to help understand as best we can what happened and what we should be thinking about your as citizens, parents and family members and friends, ychologists and professor and psychotherapist. let me start with the fact that this was such a -- i mean, he apparently sh his girlfriend nine times. i mean, this is just an unbelievable. his friends to my teammates, coaches, no one tbelieve he had done it. >> but this was also someone who was abusing alcohol and rugs who may have had a brain injury, although i would say the probably the abuse of alcohol and drugs can make a depression re profound to make him ore out of touch and more desperate. it. lou: a number of people and commented about his short-term memory that he was demons
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he is the on the kansas city president. >> i am from kansas city. >> could we pause for a minute? where did you go to high school? >> she is from johnson county. it is okay. that is called cupcake plant >> i have read your humorous books but the favorite is about alice what is your favorite the you have written? >> that would be one of them i have written a lot of different kinds. it is apples and oranges for comparison. and another way to look at it and never got my act together but about alice maybe. >> did your mom they call the pies for the restaurant? >> they were naturally lead baked by a black woman named thelma. [laughter] i have often talked about my mother's cooking. 30 years she served nothing but leftovers. [laughter] i was out of college before i realized leftover from what? that the original was never found. they were lucky she did not take the prize. we had 50 years 60 things on the table then she wooded jump up in the middle to say she forgot the jello mold. mother always said everything tastes better on the second day. i don't know about the fourth day. >> i met m
he is the on the kansas city president. >> i am from kansas city. >> could we pause for a minute? where did you go to high school? >> she is from johnson county. it is okay. that is called cupcake plant >> i have read your humorous books but the favorite is about alice what is your favorite the you have written? >> that would be one of them i have written a lot of different kinds. it is apples and oranges for comparison. and another way to look at it and never got...
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michigan's governor driving the motor city in to a fight over the unions. why's the president playing backseat driver? >>> i'm steve kornacki. there's outrage maybe even criminal charges coming in that death of the nurse in england. wait a minute. are we being too hard on the pranksters? >> i'm krystal ball. in to the holiday spiritual. our friend is back at the table with tips to dare we say it enjoy the season? >>> all and that a federal case of it. why when it comes to gay marriage the train can't be stop. neither can we. it's "the cycle" and it's monday, december 10th. >>> it's monday, fun day here at "the cycle." let's get the party started. where will it land today? fiscal cliff? huh. so much for fun. well you know what? we at "the cycle" can make it fun. look at this. the president living it up in motown last hour calling on republicans to stop being party poopers. >> i believe america only succeeds and thrives when we've got a strong and growing middle class. i want us to bring down our deficits but i want to do it in a balanced, responsible way. an
michigan's governor driving the motor city in to a fight over the unions. why's the president playing backseat driver? >>> i'm steve kornacki. there's outrage maybe even criminal charges coming in that death of the nurse in england. wait a minute. are we being too hard on the pranksters? >> i'm krystal ball. in to the holiday spiritual. our friend is back at the table with tips to dare we say it enjoy the season? >>> all and that a federal case of it. why when it comes...
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it was david duke got his start as an indianapolis weatherman was reported the city was being pelted by hailed the size of canned hams. [laughter] one of the highlights of his career. it was dave bootstrapped a camera to a monkey, worked a talk about drive-through, told lady gaga when he was her age he had a paper route. it was dave who came back on the air less than a week after 9/11 to show the world the work was still standing. [applause] tonight we honor dave letterman who has always offered as an authentic piece of himself. sometimes cranky, often self- deprecating, always funny. those of you who have been on the show he is also a true gentleman. thank you. [applause] when natalia the affected from the soviet union in 1970 she made headlines around the globe, but back home her name was excised from textbooks, photographs expunge from the school and her countrymen work -- were forced to rely on underground channels. no one can be raised what takes hold of the heart. in 1989 when the iron curtain opened, the welcome people -- russian people will come to her back with open arms. 20
it was david duke got his start as an indianapolis weatherman was reported the city was being pelted by hailed the size of canned hams. [laughter] one of the highlights of his career. it was dave bootstrapped a camera to a monkey, worked a talk about drive-through, told lady gaga when he was her age he had a paper route. it was dave who came back on the air less than a week after 9/11 to show the world the work was still standing. [applause] tonight we honor dave letterman who has always...
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this incredibly great, you know, washington is the city of acronyms, and hours. the call went out to the different offices around the country looking for someone who had experience in mortgage fraud and securities fraud. i had that experience, so i was nominated by my boss who was the u.s. attorney, and it was sort of this crazy world wind of six weeks from when he had that conversation with me when i was actually confirmed and started serving as the special inspector general. >> was the date that you started? >> december 15th, 2008. >> what are your politics? nominated by the bush administration essentially, but what are your politics? >> i have been a lifelong democrat. since i was old enough to vote, i have always been a registered democrat. it is kind of funny. when the u.s. attorney approached me and asked if i was interested that john and i was sort of going through different excuses why i did not want to go to washington. very happy with being a prosecutor. the only job i ever won it. was getting married, but finally when all those arguments that failed i
this incredibly great, you know, washington is the city of acronyms, and hours. the call went out to the different offices around the country looking for someone who had experience in mortgage fraud and securities fraud. i had that experience, so i was nominated by my boss who was the u.s. attorney, and it was sort of this crazy world wind of six weeks from when he had that conversation with me when i was actually confirmed and started serving as the special inspector general. >> was the...
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the cows ride. >> eliot: when kansas city chiefs linebacker jovan belcher murdered kasandra perkins last weekend and then shot himself it did not happen in a vacuum. there are $30,000 done deaths a year, doing nothing about this is one thing that clearly makes no sense. which begs the question why is government doing nothing when it comes to guns. here to talk to us about possible solutions is john rosenthal, co-founder of stop handgun violence and the american hunters and shooters association, an alternative to nra for moderate gun owners. thank you for joining us. >> thank you eliot. >> eliot: the frustration we've felt for years in response to gun violence. in the context of all that has happened, the lack of action, what is your agenda, and how do you plan to make it real. >> it's no different than it has been the better part of 20 years. i'm a gun owner. i'm a business person. i believe in the second amendment and the right to bear arms but the founders never extended that the second amendment extend to terrorists and criminals to buy guns without even a background check. toy guns a
the cows ride. >> eliot: when kansas city chiefs linebacker jovan belcher murdered kasandra perkins last weekend and then shot himself it did not happen in a vacuum. there are $30,000 done deaths a year, doing nothing about this is one thing that clearly makes no sense. which begs the question why is government doing nothing when it comes to guns. here to talk to us about possible solutions is john rosenthal, co-founder of stop handgun violence and the american hunters and shooters...
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new york city banks do not have armed guards anymore. he went on to cite an 18--year-old movie and a 12-year-old movie that were not exactly blockbusters as the reasons why children are being shot and killed. killed in an elementary school last week. he talked about people in the movie business. and stockholders of entertainment companies as "complicit co-conspirators in the mass murder at sandy hook elementary school. here is the lobbyists, saying people whose pensions might be invested in mutual funs, co-conspirators in these murders. and then there was this. >> the media calls semiautomatic firearms machine guns. they claim these civilian semiautomatic firearms are used by the military. they tell us that the 223 round is one of the most powerful rifle calibers, when all of these claims are factually untrue. they don't know what they're talking about. >> that was aimed directly at the nra membership, directly at the people whose dues allow him to take home a million a year. most of those people know more about guns than most reporters
new york city banks do not have armed guards anymore. he went on to cite an 18--year-old movie and a 12-year-old movie that were not exactly blockbusters as the reasons why children are being shot and killed. killed in an elementary school last week. he talked about people in the movie business. and stockholders of entertainment companies as "complicit co-conspirators in the mass murder at sandy hook elementary school. here is the lobbyists, saying people whose pensions might be invested...
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courts or others in congress can alternate means which the city operates under the guise of this. could you comment on that, mr. neil barofsky? >> guest: you are touching on really broad issue of the lack of accountability that has arisen out of its financial crisis. we have seen some actions from the sec this week about some of the banks themselves to but we haven't seen a degree of individual accountability for criminal actions have taken place. i think your point is a good one. it sends a really strong message of the exact opposite of what you want to have in the system, which is deterrence. the message is that for these executives and individuals who broke the law, who pushed the envelope, who did so for financial reasons, also for profit, and they earned and enjoy those massive bonuses, the fact that they got to keep all that money and not be held accountable, it sends the message that you know what? keep pushing the envelope. keep doing whatever you want because you will get to keep your money without the fear of the justice system coming in and holding you accountable. i wo
courts or others in congress can alternate means which the city operates under the guise of this. could you comment on that, mr. neil barofsky? >> guest: you are touching on really broad issue of the lack of accountability that has arisen out of its financial crisis. we have seen some actions from the sec this week about some of the banks themselves to but we haven't seen a degree of individual accountability for criminal actions have taken place. i think your point is a good one. it...
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i was a child of the 60s and 70s. there was a lot of love and neighbors when you did something bad, your mother and father knew about it before you got home because the neighbors they told on you and they hoped protect you. he said dad, i have a lot of friends. all of my friends they are all colors. boss knee yan. irish you name it. i'm not going to let things that happened in america make me be something that i'm not. he was the type of child that was raised to be everything. we didn't raise him to have a great fear. we never did. >> in florida there seem to be two things that come together. determination. state government carrying these loaded weapons and this stand your ground law. the notion that there comes a moment where you have a right to pull a trigger and it is up to citizens to pull that trigger. it seems that as much as anything else that is where this problem arises and in this case this is a white shooter of a black teen-ager. >> um, that is the case. mr. dunn is white and my son is black. we are not goi
i was a child of the 60s and 70s. there was a lot of love and neighbors when you did something bad, your mother and father knew about it before you got home because the neighbors they told on you and they hoped protect you. he said dad, i have a lot of friends. all of my friends they are all colors. boss knee yan. irish you name it. i'm not going to let things that happened in america make me be something that i'm not. he was the type of child that was raised to be everything. we didn't raise...
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crisis, the banking crisis happened by the way when he was city minister over the. the funding for lending scheme is bringing mortgage costs down first by scheme help with shared equity, the new scheme is helping people who can't afford their first deposit. so we've got those schemes out of. they are repairing problems in financial markets but we are also committee money for additional affordable homes and we are providing guarantees to landlords to build affordable homes. we're dealing with the problems that occurred when his party was in office. >> thank you, mr. speaker. and i congratulate my honorable friend for his statement. equally i would like to welcome the family to allow schools -- [inaudible] can he tell the house when that might be in place ?-que?-que x some areas they need is more pressing than others. particularly around -- >> he makes a powerful case for the schools and the particular school he mentioned i will make sure the education secretary is the argument he makes. the money is available over the next two years. >> what will the chancellor do to
crisis, the banking crisis happened by the way when he was city minister over the. the funding for lending scheme is bringing mortgage costs down first by scheme help with shared equity, the new scheme is helping people who can't afford their first deposit. so we've got those schemes out of. they are repairing problems in financial markets but we are also committee money for additional affordable homes and we are providing guarantees to landlords to build affordable homes. we're dealing with...
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he has a strong tie to the city. the tv show is set there. who was the most generous celebrity of 2012? ♪ flush >> you guessed it. it is tailor swift according to the web site do something.org. this year she donated $4 million to the country muse you cic hal fame museum and became the recipients of ripple of hope award. >> time for the starting lineup. they can start packing their bags for hawaii. the roster has been released. payton manning and viking running back adrien peterson headline the choices. other notables aaron rogers calvin johnson and victor cruise. >> talk about a dramatic finish for the nicks after blowing a 14 point lead to phoenix j.r. smith hits the difficult buzzer beater to give the nicks the 99-97 win. >> also without carmella anthony due to injury ryes. quarterback tim tebow firing back to the critics saying it reports he never told rex ryan he wouldn't run the team's wildcats package. >>> coming up an old-fashioned photo shop is facing a fine because one of the most popular products, candy. why the shop may be forced
he has a strong tie to the city. the tv show is set there. who was the most generous celebrity of 2012? ♪ flush >> you guessed it. it is tailor swift according to the web site do something.org. this year she donated $4 million to the country muse you cic hal fame museum and became the recipients of ripple of hope award. >> time for the starting lineup. they can start packing their bags for hawaii. the roster has been released. payton manning and viking running back adrien peterson...
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it really is. >> it's one of the best schools that i saw in the capital city was the highest and we've calculated that the package that they need is roughly $177 a year. >> for the year. >> that includes room and board. that includes a lot of these kids, they're not necessarily boarding schools but they live so far away, their village is so far away, they have to rent little rooms in these other villages to stay in and so we're incorporating that. >> which is really critical because oftentimes if a girl gets the privilege to go, the only thing she has to make money is to sell herself. so you really are giving her a good life. >> i want to get it started with a check from me that i will fill out, finish filling out right here. i'm going to get the tuition fund started with $25,000. >> thank you so much. >> and that will give us 150 tuitions for the coming year and we'll go up from there. >> well, you know, i don't even know what to say to you. the campaign to date has been so phenomenal, i've had the privilege to go to malawi who are in classrooms at desks and i've also had the privileg
it really is. >> it's one of the best schools that i saw in the capital city was the highest and we've calculated that the package that they need is roughly $177 a year. >> for the year. >> that includes room and board. that includes a lot of these kids, they're not necessarily boarding schools but they live so far away, their village is so far away, they have to rent little rooms in these other villages to stay in and so we're incorporating that. >> which is really...
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cities and in the campuses, and the republican party has created a nationalizing role and kept things together. but once it has been in fort 10, 12, more years than that, it tends to get too close to the upper bracket economics, a kind of catalyst heyday. it does too much for the people at the top and loses sight of the people at the bottom. and i think the 1980's had a lot of that. >> how was the republican party doing today compared to what you said then? >> well, i think it is a lot of the same thing. it is sort of like a jack in the box. you ended up and it pops out and says help the rich. cut taxes for the poor unfortunate masses of corporate ceo's. that is what turns me off about the republican party. because they have done a time after time. as i said those years ago, for broader reasons. that is where they go. it is one of their weakest and less supportable attributes. >> when were you ever wrong when you look back at how you analyze things? >> you mean hugely wrong? >> no, i mean, when you look back and say i missed it. or have you been on target all the time? >> as far as mi
cities and in the campuses, and the republican party has created a nationalizing role and kept things together. but once it has been in fort 10, 12, more years than that, it tends to get too close to the upper bracket economics, a kind of catalyst heyday. it does too much for the people at the top and loses sight of the people at the bottom. and i think the 1980's had a lot of that. >> how was the republican party doing today compared to what you said then? >> well, i think it is a...
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police say the suspect in monday's new york city subway pushing death has been arrested and now charged with second-degree murder. davis was taken in to custody yesterday just one block from the subway station where a new york man was hit by a train after being pushed on to those tracks. meanwhile, the photographer who snapped a picture of the victim's last moments defended himself this morning against accusations that he could have done more to help. >> if this thing happened again, with the same circumstances, whether i had a camera or not and i was running towards it, there is no way i could have rescued mr. han. if i was in a reachable distance, i would have grabbed him and tried to pull him. >> the photographer also said there were people standing closer on the platform who may have been able to do something but didn't. he also gave his condolences to the victim's family. >>> coming up, bob costas gives his first tv interview with lawrence o'donnell since the controversial comments about guns and murder-suicide involving a nfl player. >> what i was talking about here, and i'm sorry
police say the suspect in monday's new york city subway pushing death has been arrested and now charged with second-degree murder. davis was taken in to custody yesterday just one block from the subway station where a new york man was hit by a train after being pushed on to those tracks. meanwhile, the photographer who snapped a picture of the victim's last moments defended himself this morning against accusations that he could have done more to help. >> if this thing happened again, with...
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up, coming up, while congress debates the future of entitlements motor city mad men, emphasis on mad, ted nugent says the u.s. should disenfranchise americans who receive welfare. when did it become a bad thing to help the people who need it most. we will search for the crazy thing compassion just ahead. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. go ahead, mark your calendars. values of the year. it's the last day you can switch your medicare part d plan. we're ready, and we can't wait to switch. what i wanted was simple: the most value for my dollar. so, now that it's time, we're making the move to a plan that really works for us. [ male announcer ] make the switch to an aarp medicarerx plan, insured through unitedhealthcare. open enrollment starts october 15th and ends december 7th. call now for a free information kit. you'll receive a summary of plan benefits an
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city council. that it was that direct and they wanted to replicate that a thousand times over. >> there are committee men and women that don't have that much contact on the streets like they did. >> obama had more people in florida than romney in nationally on a paid basis. so it gives a sense -- >> this is great reporting. i'll tell you. isn't this something everybody's going to take away? how do you run for any office from now on without paying attention to this playbook of obama's, it seems to me. your thoughts. >> it is absolutely true. this is how you win elections. each presidential election we learn something new and try to build on it. just like the obama campaign in michael's article say they built on the article in 2004 when they increased his turnout. and we never saw it coming. this is what you build on. and in their software program in 2008 which was terrible. then they build on that and build this software that worked this time around. >> even mike huckabee couldn't have beaten this g
city council. that it was that direct and they wanted to replicate that a thousand times over. >> there are committee men and women that don't have that much contact on the streets like they did. >> obama had more people in florida than romney in nationally on a paid basis. so it gives a sense -- >> this is great reporting. i'll tell you. isn't this something everybody's going to take away? how do you run for any office from now on without paying attention to this playbook of...
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in new york city which was the capitol of the time. the next two inauguration's took place in philadelphia and the first one in washington was in 1801. there is a myth that he added the words so help me god at the end. there's no proof at the time, but it's come to be a tradition at least from 1933 to the present those words have been added at the end of the oath. this is 1929. and on the left is chief justice william howard taft and he is administering the oath of office to the new president herbert hoover. taft is the only person ever to be both president and chief justice to it and he actually made a little mistake that year. he was apostasy preserve, protect and defend the constitution. but he said preserved, maintain and defend, and this was a mistake that was actually discovered by a little 13-year-old girl listening to the inauguration on radio in her classroom in the state of new york. she's the one who brought it to everybody's attention and they checked it out and she was right so that was a mistake in the oath fish for years
in new york city which was the capitol of the time. the next two inauguration's took place in philadelphia and the first one in washington was in 1801. there is a myth that he added the words so help me god at the end. there's no proof at the time, but it's come to be a tradition at least from 1933 to the present those words have been added at the end of the oath. this is 1929. and on the left is chief justice william howard taft and he is administering the oath of office to the new president...
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the city of chicago has seen unprecedented violence this year and the mainstream media has largely been silent. nearly 2400 people were shot this year. that's up 12%. more than 480 people were murdered. that's a 19% increase. and there was no peace during the christmas holiday. one man was killed and 13 other people were injured by gunfire. but, one of the deadliest weekends came over saint patrick's day weekend when 49 people were shot, 10 of them fatally. deadly weekend. >> what's driving this violence, father? >> well, i think there is a number of things. first of all, i think chicago is the poster boy right now. epidemic across the country largely ignoring because the victims are primarily black and brown. but i think you have high unemployment. you have poor education you have communities broken apart and creates perfect storm and culture in this country almost the norm and we have become immune to it we can't get immune to children dying in ourl: all right. in cities like new york and some other towns across the country, the murder rate is coming down. all right? it's not as bad a
the city of chicago has seen unprecedented violence this year and the mainstream media has largely been silent. nearly 2400 people were shot this year. that's up 12%. more than 480 people were murdered. that's a 19% increase. and there was no peace during the christmas holiday. one man was killed and 13 other people were injured by gunfire. but, one of the deadliest weekends came over saint patrick's day weekend when 49 people were shot, 10 of them fatally. deadly weekend. >> what's...
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oklahoma is a big city he let a woman take the fall for him and this was during the campaign season and susan rice if anyone knows her speaks her mind and she and her husband worth between million dollars and doesn't take any crapola from anybody and it's basically a dog and pony show. i find is absolutely disgusting. >> do you feel sorry for ambassador rice or do you think she should be held to a high standard doing a big job? >> i absolutely feel sorry for her, i think she's being scapegoated. someone you could point to and say, okay, she gave us information we now know wasn't true, but she with as given unclassified talking points from the cia. what is she supposed to do, look at them, put them in her purse and go rogue and i think it's this other thing. speculating on the cause is something that the three of us can do, she as u.n. ambassador, she had to deliver the talking points she was given. so i don't think it's fair at all she's being blamed for this. >> so, alisyn what do you think of paula broadwell, flirtatious, salacious, a vamp, jill kelley, sexy, seductive, what do you th
oklahoma is a big city he let a woman take the fall for him and this was during the campaign season and susan rice if anyone knows her speaks her mind and she and her husband worth between million dollars and doesn't take any crapola from anybody and it's basically a dog and pony show. i find is absolutely disgusting. >> do you feel sorry for ambassador rice or do you think she should be held to a high standard doing a big job? >> i absolutely feel sorry for her, i think she's being...
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. >> this morning, vice president joe biden took on the cause in the kansas city star writing, "some republicans are dead set about asking the wealthiest among us to pay its fair share. maybe they just don't realize what they would mean for the middle class." worth noting, 6 out of kansas's elected members to congress are republican. one of them told the hill yesterday he's worried about the issue of raising tax rates, saying of speaker boehner, i can see him caving. second guessing aside, boehner and the president spoke on the phone yesterday in a discussion a republican source tells nbc news was tense and lasted about 15 minutes. and speaker boehner expressed this morning that serious differences still exist. >> there were some offers that were exchanged back and forth yesterday, and the president and i have a pretty frank conversation about just how far apart we are. >> joining us now, washington post columnist and msnbc political policy analyst, ezra klein. ezra, we keep asking the same questions and each day sort of have the same answer, but i ask you, my friend, is anything hap
. >> this morning, vice president joe biden took on the cause in the kansas city star writing, "some republicans are dead set about asking the wealthiest among us to pay its fair share. maybe they just don't realize what they would mean for the middle class." worth noting, 6 out of kansas's elected members to congress are republican. one of them told the hill yesterday he's worried about the issue of raising tax rates, saying of speaker boehner, i can see him caving. second...
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and then when the country was on the verge of disintegrating from riots in the cities and riots on campuses and s southern sectional movement led by george wallace, and the republican party has played a nationalizing role. it is kept things together during that period. but once it has been in for 10 or 12 or more years, what we see is that it tends to get too close to upper bracket economics, a kind of capitalist a day. it does too much for the people at the top bands loses sight of the people at the bottom. the 1980's saw a lot that. cracow with the republican party doing today compared to what you said back then? -- ho>> how is the republican party doing? >> it's kind of like the jack in the box that you wanted up and rich.s to thelp the that turns me off about the republican party. because they have done it time after time. just as they did years ago. once they are in their, that's where they go -- once they are in there, that's where they go. it's one of their least supportable attributes. >> let me go through some of these books. and to ask when were you ever wrong, when you look back
and then when the country was on the verge of disintegrating from riots in the cities and riots on campuses and s southern sectional movement led by george wallace, and the republican party has played a nationalizing role. it is kept things together during that period. but once it has been in for 10 or 12 or more years, what we see is that it tends to get too close to upper bracket economics, a kind of capitalist a day. it does too much for the people at the top bands loses sight of the people...
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. >> the boardwalk, the sons of my childhood no longer exist. >> after hurricane city ravaged the nation, the nation's top chris christie, a romney supporter, buddying up to president obama. >> when you know you have a responsibility to those folks, you could give a damn about the politics. i could care less about politics. >> what is chris christie's future? >> re-election looks quite probable, to the point where the mayor of newark, seen as his principal opponent, has decided to look in other venues to pursue his own political future. he recorded the highest favorable job rating ever found in any governor of new jersey after his handling of sandy. >> did that natural disaster and the reaction of governor christie and the reaching out to the president -- did that help president obama? >> it certainly did. i do not think it was decisive. if the election had been held a week earlier and you look at the polls, and to was a lot closer. i think obama would have won, but it would not have been an electoral landslide. i think his 2.8% advantage in the popular vote probably would have been a po
. >> the boardwalk, the sons of my childhood no longer exist. >> after hurricane city ravaged the nation, the nation's top chris christie, a romney supporter, buddying up to president obama. >> when you know you have a responsibility to those folks, you could give a damn about the politics. i could care less about politics. >> what is chris christie's future? >> re-election looks quite probable, to the point where the mayor of newark, seen as his principal...
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in times square in the new york city and classrooms around the country in paris and iraq and afghanistan people are watching the u.s. presidential inauguration. they've all come there and there is a big crowd on the mall. i'm going to speak to you today about this great historic subject come of this institution and i am not -- i'm going to do it in the same way in which organized the book. rather the book is not chronological. it's not divided that starts off with george washington and then john adams to going to the president. instead it is divided by the various parts of the day and then i sprinkle vignettes. some of them very serious, some of them of course very traditional, and a lot of them i'm always looking for those, too. i also going to cover some things we are not going to see it coming inauguration in january because this time we do not have a change of power. as we are not going to have that transition as we see sometimes. but nevertheless in the morning at inauguration when a president does the office come here is a 1961 dwight eisenhower thinking the staff at the white hous
in times square in the new york city and classrooms around the country in paris and iraq and afghanistan people are watching the u.s. presidential inauguration. they've all come there and there is a big crowd on the mall. i'm going to speak to you today about this great historic subject come of this institution and i am not -- i'm going to do it in the same way in which organized the book. rather the book is not chronological. it's not divided that starts off with george washington and then...
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latino vote and the presidential election to win the gaap primaries he was tougher on illegal immigrants than any of his rivals, rejecting the dream act supported by governor perry, mocking as an necessary city speaker gingrich's call for mercy for those who have been here ten years or more. the results were stunning stunnd decisive. barack obama won 79% of the latino vote. more than enough to give him almost every swing state and the popular vote. and with the latino population growing faster than any other, the future looks bleak for the g.o.p. either the republicans begin to attract more hispanics or latinos or they're headed the way of the do-do; so some republicans in the senate have proposed what they call the achieve act. the watered-down version of the dream act. and in the house of representatives, on friday, runs actually passed what they call the stem act, which increases the number of certain visas. will those moves make a difference among latinos? will it bring them back to the gaap? fasten your seatbelts as i ask republican congressman raul of idaho, and lower at any rate s
latino vote and the presidential election to win the gaap primaries he was tougher on illegal immigrants than any of his rivals, rejecting the dream act supported by governor perry, mocking as an necessary city speaker gingrich's call for mercy for those who have been here ten years or more. the results were stunning stunnd decisive. barack obama won 79% of the latino vote. more than enough to give him almost every swing state and the popular vote. and with the latino population growing faster...
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player in kansas city, second amendment instead of blaming the sick people who use them. republicans have responded to a fiscal cliff counter offer to president obama. eamon javers joins us now from washington with all the details. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. leapt me walk you through the specifics or at least what specifics we have so far from this boehner counter offer and you can see where it falls short from the white house's perspective right in the top line take a look at the details here. boehner and the other house republicans are asking for $800 billion in new tax reform revenue. that's short of the $1.6 trillion that the president would like to see there. also health savings of $600 billion. mandatory savings of $300 billion. revisions of cpa of 200 billion. other discretionary saving 300 billion. they say net savings is $2.2 trillion all told. the white house says this plan is not balanced, and interestingly there's a little side skirmish here between the speaker of the house john boehner and erskine bowls. boehner said this was based on a report t
player in kansas city, second amendment instead of blaming the sick people who use them. republicans have responded to a fiscal cliff counter offer to president obama. eamon javers joins us now from washington with all the details. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. leapt me walk you through the specifics or at least what specifics we have so far from this boehner counter offer and you can see where it falls short from the white house's perspective right in the top line take a look...
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the reason why i switched was simply because of conditions in the inner cities across this country. my problem with all of this is we are spending way too much money. i am responsible to go to work and bring home a paycheck knowing that spending more what i'm bringing in. that is the problem with the government. they want to spend money like it is readily available without any consequences. if we are spending $200 billion a month -- over $300 billion amount in expenditures, we are running a $1.20 trillion deficit every year. that is unsustainable. we need to get under that $200 million in tax revenues that we collect every month because at the end of the day, this is poor stewardship. there is not one family or business that can operate the way our federal government is operating. it is absolutely criminal in my mind then they think. guest: i hear your frustration and the same frustration from folks in my district as well. i think it is helpful to recognize that if we are carrying a $1.20 trillion deficit every year, that is as you said unsustainable over the long term. that is why
the reason why i switched was simply because of conditions in the inner cities across this country. my problem with all of this is we are spending way too much money. i am responsible to go to work and bring home a paycheck knowing that spending more what i'm bringing in. that is the problem with the government. they want to spend money like it is readily available without any consequences. if we are spending $200 billion a month -- over $300 billion amount in expenditures, we are running a...
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at the time of a city with george stephanopoulos watching this. i said george, i think -- out gorgeous game on. georgette the time said no, there's too much discord about president clinton still at this point. but i tended to agree with you. i think two things. number one, i think, this was a shortcoming and i think the media including us at abc news, i think the american people were ahead of us on the monica lewinsky story from the beginning to i think they figured out right quick that, in fact, he did it. they did not approve of it. they disapproved of it hardly but he was a really good president. thank you, thank you, what's going to do even when he left office his job approval ratings were quite high. the nation was doing quite well. on the other hand the clinton global initiative and some the things he's done since then have been truly excellent eye for an ex-president. he's making a difference around the world, and i think that's now lost on people. >> you mentioned george stephanopoulos. you and abc inherited him from the clinton administra
at the time of a city with george stephanopoulos watching this. i said george, i think -- out gorgeous game on. georgette the time said no, there's too much discord about president clinton still at this point. but i tended to agree with you. i think two things. number one, i think, this was a shortcoming and i think the media including us at abc news, i think the american people were ahead of us on the monica lewinsky story from the beginning to i think they figured out right quick that, in...
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i don't even have sewage in the house, but then the city comes and gives an inspection it's okay to live in, a joke, you wonder why people are mad? we are the people, we're the middle class. >> red cross and get a hot meal and we, we help each other, and that's what we want to do. we need their support. >> they're come giving us the same food over and over, same water and blankets, we don't need blankets. we don't need stage three and four we need money to rebuild. i cannot pay my bills with a blanket. >> in our audience is a group of victims from one of the area's hardest hit by sandy, staten island. and the residents, pete and his wife jennifer survived the 9/11 attacks in new york and is an iraq war veteran at home he shares with his wife and two young children was swept away in sandy and alison's home on staten island was demolished and he lost his home and his restaurant business. we're honored that you made time today. [applause] >> pete and jennifer if i can start with you. pete, you were telling me he a little before and i think it would be good for everyone in america to hear wh
i don't even have sewage in the house, but then the city comes and gives an inspection it's okay to live in, a joke, you wonder why people are mad? we are the people, we're the middle class. >> red cross and get a hot meal and we, we help each other, and that's what we want to do. we need their support. >> they're come giving us the same food over and over, same water and blankets, we don't need blankets. we don't need stage three and four we need money to rebuild. i cannot pay my...
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new york city's on pace for the lowest murder rate since 1963. that is when they began keeping records. as of yesterday, four days before the new year, of course, the city had 414 homicides, that's 57 less than the previous low back in 2009. the high for a single year was 2,245 back in 1990. wow. mayor michael bloomberg says the numbers are another sign that the big apple is the, quote, safest big city in america. >>> to a cnn exclusive now. new information on south african leader nelson mandela coming from his own granddaughters. they contacted and spoke exclusively to nadya bilchik. >> over the last few weeks, the entire world has been monitoring the treatment of your grandfather nelson mandela. and he was released from hospital on wednesday. i know the two of you saw him this week. how would you describe his condition? >> we were just so happy that our grandfather's home after his hospital stay. he's doing extremely well. he's surrounded by family. we saw him this afternoon with the kids. and he was happy to see the kids. he's really, really b
new york city's on pace for the lowest murder rate since 1963. that is when they began keeping records. as of yesterday, four days before the new year, of course, the city had 414 homicides, that's 57 less than the previous low back in 2009. the high for a single year was 2,245 back in 1990. wow. mayor michael bloomberg says the numbers are another sign that the big apple is the, quote, safest big city in america. >>> to a cnn exclusive now. new information on south african leader...
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cities are left holding the bill. fire and police resources to secure it and the maintenance to keep it from falling into blight and disrepair. it's siphoning off badly needed property taxes. neighboring homeowners can only watch as their own property values plummet. at my table, jonathan capehart, a fellow at the university of texas, sheila crowley, president and ceo of the low income housing and james perry. in full disclosure, he's my husband. james, i want to start with you on this. this is the work that you have been doing as americans are reading the headlines saying housing is back, what do we need to know? >> you have to step back for a second and think about what you said. in the fourth quarter, wells fargo made $4 billion. this monumental settlement was $175 million. they still made $4 billion with a "b." we have seen them rewarded for bad action. what's so heinous about how they act is they use people in minority communities to build their own ability to make profit. they network with pastors, community act
cities are left holding the bill. fire and police resources to secure it and the maintenance to keep it from falling into blight and disrepair. it's siphoning off badly needed property taxes. neighboring homeowners can only watch as their own property values plummet. at my table, jonathan capehart, a fellow at the university of texas, sheila crowley, president and ceo of the low income housing and james perry. in full disclosure, he's my husband. james, i want to start with you on this. this is...
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kansas city chiefs linebacker offon bell fatally shooting his girlfriend in the home and then driving to the team's practice facility, taking his own life in frond oft his coach. police say the couple had been fighting before the incident. >> the uss enterprise has been officially retire from service. former officers, crew members and families, lining up in the stairwell during the ceremony. the uss enterprise served in every major conflict since the cuban missile crisis. >> now back to geraldoed a large. -- "geraldo at large." >> scapegoating susan and grooving with grover are coming up, first we're coining with former colorado congressman tom tancredo, and now children who came here with their parents. >> cassandra, are you afraid that you will be deported? do you live in fear of that? certainly prior the president's executive order. >> well, geraldo, i do. mostly because this is my home lean and i have lived 12 years here. >> how old when you were brought here. >> six. >> from mexico? >> yes. >> as you have seen other youngsters being deported, does that make you live in a perpetua
kansas city chiefs linebacker offon bell fatally shooting his girlfriend in the home and then driving to the team's practice facility, taking his own life in frond oft his coach. police say the couple had been fighting before the incident. >> the uss enterprise has been officially retire from service. former officers, crew members and families, lining up in the stairwell during the ceremony. the uss enterprise served in every major conflict since the cuban missile crisis. >> now...
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bastrop resident works from home on the east side of the city. he lives less than a mile from the forest that borders the town. on a windy, late summer day, this quiet neighborhood is about to become a death trap. >> texas is now officially suffering its second worst drought ever. >> yeah, it had been months before it's rained. the worst drought we've ever seen. >> on top of the lack of rain, the heat. dallas at or above 100 degrees for the 39th day in a row. >> thousands of acres of dry trees and grass have created a recipe for disaster. all it takes is a strong gust of wind to turn this residential neighborhood into a tinder box. >> the winds are about 35 miles per hour. the wind was blowing so hard that it snapped a power pole and that started the fire. >> the flames immediately begin to devour the parched trees. as richard drives, he spots the smoke in the distance. >> there is a huge fire burning out here. if i see something intense or extreme like that, i'll pull out my phone and i'll start shooting film. >> bastrop county, it is going craz
bastrop resident works from home on the east side of the city. he lives less than a mile from the forest that borders the town. on a windy, late summer day, this quiet neighborhood is about to become a death trap. >> texas is now officially suffering its second worst drought ever. >> yeah, it had been months before it's rained. the worst drought we've ever seen. >> on top of the lack of rain, the heat. dallas at or above 100 degrees for the 39th day in a row. >>...
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but the city of oklahoma city. i will step aside. look what is happening right now. you can see a front-end loader inside one of the salt barns that we have here in oklahoma city. we've seen probably about 20 trucks pass through here, loading up before hitting the snow routes here in oklahoma city. i'm told by the department of transportation that there are more than 500 trucks standing down on oklahoma roads trying to keep the roadways safe on this christmas day. here in the oklahoma city metro alone there about 1,000 workers on call on christmas. i'm told they will keep working on these oklahoma roadways until their job is done. guys? kelly: priscilla, what you showed us with your feet there, showing sleet and rain, that makes for some treacherous conditions. for all the people out in your area drive safely if you can avoid the roads, stay home and drink eggnog and sing christmas carols. priscilla, thank you. jamie: that is the most dangerous conditions actually. the weather apparently knot having an effect on ch
but the city of oklahoma city. i will step aside. look what is happening right now. you can see a front-end loader inside one of the salt barns that we have here in oklahoma city. we've seen probably about 20 trucks pass through here, loading up before hitting the snow routes here in oklahoma city. i'm told by the department of transportation that there are more than 500 trucks standing down on oklahoma roads trying to keep the roadways safe on this christmas day. here in the oklahoma city...
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in the city. he will start at cnn early in the new year >> bill: congratuations, jake and and it may be the president won't have to worry about getting such disrespectful questions from him any more. >> he won't be in the briefing room any more. >> jonathan karl is going to take his place. >> jimmy kimmel spoke out about his big move abc moving the start time of his late night comedy show to 11:35. he will go head to head with letterman and leno. he is like the character jason pops up with a hatchet just when it seems like he is a goner referring to the rumors that he might be out of a job in two years. >> bill: kimmel on the rise. >> dan: a former olympic runner made an interesting revelation yesterday. susie hamilton, best known for collapsing durn the 150 ohm meter event back in the sidney games admitted to living a double life. she has been spending her evenings as an escort smoking gun found this out and said she was charging 600 bucks an hour for her services and that she was living the esco
in the city. he will start at cnn early in the new year >> bill: congratuations, jake and and it may be the president won't have to worry about getting such disrespectful questions from him any more. >> he won't be in the briefing room any more. >> jonathan karl is going to take his place. >> jimmy kimmel spoke out about his big move abc moving the start time of his late night comedy show to 11:35. he will go head to head with letterman and leno. he is like the character...
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to run the power line through the state parks to get them to the city's whereas before this he couldn't even look at a state park was the idea of running power lines through it. without i'm going to turn this over to alex that will step us through the fallacies and the rise of the entire scientific left and we have time for q&a afterwards because i'm going to reach behind alex and popped him with a book if it runs too late. over to you and thanks for doing this. >> thanks for that kind introduction. so, i -- our book is "science left behind" and it's about the feel-good fallacies of their diet and the antiscientist left and as he said my name is alex and i got my ph.d. in microbiology from washington, and more importantly now the editor of nuclear science.com. so, just a little bit about my background entirely microbiology. in fact that's me. a friend of mine had become an ob/gyn so i look like a geek in that picture so i put there. that's me working in the chamber which you may have come across at one point. uigur left with extremely slowly bacteria. i went to the university of washing
to run the power line through the state parks to get them to the city's whereas before this he couldn't even look at a state park was the idea of running power lines through it. without i'm going to turn this over to alex that will step us through the fallacies and the rise of the entire scientific left and we have time for q&a afterwards because i'm going to reach behind alex and popped him with a book if it runs too late. over to you and thanks for doing this. >> thanks for that...
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the largest pieces of what will soon become the top of the new york city skyline arrived on site today. our cameras were there as a crane lifted the first section of the mast to the roof on the 104th floor, placing it high atop the steel frame. crews plan to co the mast in the coming months and expect it to reach a peak of 1776 feet sometime in the springtime. >>> it's 12-12-12 on your calendar and depending on who you ask, it's a great day to get married or go into hiding. plus one of the first world music superstars, a man who influenced the tunes of the beatles has died. his history coming. ♪ can i help you? i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. avoid bad.fats. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not liste
the largest pieces of what will soon become the top of the new york city skyline arrived on site today. our cameras were there as a crane lifted the first section of the mast to the roof on the 104th floor, placing it high atop the steel frame. crews plan to co the mast in the coming months and expect it to reach a peak of 1776 feet sometime in the springtime. >>> it's 12-12-12 on your calendar and depending on who you ask, it's a great day to get married or go into hiding. plus one of...
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about how the sequester could have the severe impact on budgets for cities around the country. talk about that a little bit. we're only six days away. are you surprised by the lack of action here in washington on the fiscal cliff considering the dire implications for a lot of budgets in cities around america? >> actually, look, i am surprised. been around the block just a couple times. i've seen different things in the past, but this is very serious business, and apparently some members of congress just don't get it. the -- you can call it whatever you want to call it, but certainly fiscal is in front of it and it's not good. taxes going up for all americans, not a good thing. significant, possibly devastating budget cuts coming down to certainly state and local governments, not a good thing. and so this seemingly bad game of chicken, you know, this is not some schoolyard game here. this is about people's lives, it's about their livelihoods, it's about the future of cities, it's about programs that need the dollars to provide services that the citizens want and expect is lack o
about how the sequester could have the severe impact on budgets for cities around the country. talk about that a little bit. we're only six days away. are you surprised by the lack of action here in washington on the fiscal cliff considering the dire implications for a lot of budgets in cities around america? >> actually, look, i am surprised. been around the block just a couple times. i've seen different things in the past, but this is very serious business, and apparently some members...